Is Programming Enough? Soft Skills That Ship Products
Communication, prioritization, and collaboration matter as much as clean abstractions when you're accountable for outcomes.
Technical depth opens doors. Product impact keeps them open.
Write for the reader
RFCs, PR descriptions, and incident summaries should answer what changed, why, and what to watch. That habit reduces review cycles and on-call surprises.
Negotiate scope early
The cheapest bug fix is the feature you didn't build. Align on MVP with design and stakeholders before the schema migration.
Own the outcome
Shipping is a team sport. The engineers who grow fastest pair strong implementation with clear ownership of metrics, support load, and follow-up work.
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